Adjustable shade holder



Nov. 17, 1925- J. s. BEENECK ADJUSTABLE SHADE HOLDER Filed Aug. 1. 1923 amxwstoz Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

JOSEPH S. BEENECK, OF NANTICOKE, PENNSYLVANIA.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE iroLnEn.

Application filed August 1, 1923. Serial No. 655,053.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnrH S. Brannon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nanticoke, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Shade Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to adjustable shade holders.

The main object of the invention is to pro vide a shade holder of very simple construe tion, which can be readily attached to a Wll1' In the accompanying drawing, two embodiments of the invention have been illustrated; and

Figure 1 is a perspective View seen from the front side of the holder;

Figure 2 is an end elevation of one of the brackets;

Figure 3 is a side view of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a modified form of holder shown in perspective view, seen from the front side thereof; and

Figure 5 is a side elevation of one of the brackets for the holder shown in Figure l.

In the drawing, reference numeral 10 rep resents a flat rod which may be made of wood or metal and provided with a medial longitudinal slot at each end, the slot 11 at the right hand end of the rod being longer than the one at the left hand end.

At the left hand end of the rod in Figure 1 is shown a bracket 12 having the usual round opening 13 for receiving the revolving trunnion of the shade roller, and to the right of the rod 10 is shown a bracket 14 which has the usual rectangular notch 15 with a shoulder 16 for receiving the stationary trunnion of the shade roller. The round opening 13 in the one and the rectangular notch 15 in the other bracket constitute the only differences between them, the construction of both being otherwise identical. It is, accordingly, sufficient to describe the left hand bracket 12 shown in detail in Figures 2 and 3.

The round opening 13 is situated in the center of an ear 17, which extends perpendicularly from the base of the bracket or the front surface of the rod 10. The ear maybe slightly dented as at 18 in order to facilitate the turning of the shade roller in the ear 17.

The bracket is preferably stampial out from sheet metal and has a foot 1?) bent at right angles to the ear 1?. A base member or guide 20 is placed on the underside of the foot 19. This base member consists of a central shank or web 21 and two side wings 22 extending in both directions from the shank and terminating with upturned flanges 23, as best seen in Figure The shank 21 is situated in the central plane of the bracket and, if made as a separate unit, may be secured in the foot 19, by slitting the foot in the middle and inserting the shank 21 in the slit, and securing it by means of solder or in any, other suitablemanner as at 24. It should be noted that the base member or guide 20 is preferably made out of one piece of sheet metal and bent so that the central shank consists of two layers of sheet metal, see Figure 2.

Instead of making the base member or guide as a separate unit and securing it to the foot 19, it may be made in one piece with the ear 17 and foot 19 by bending the outer edges of the foot together on the under side thereof until ineetin in the middle, then turning both downwardly to form the shank 24 and then finishing the wings 22 as previously described. The distance be tween the foot 19 and the wings 22 is equal to, or slightly more than the thickness of the rod 10, so that the bracket can be slid on from the end of the rod with the ear pointing forwardly, the foot engaging the front face of the rod, while the wings 20 engage the rear face thereof and the shank 21 enters in the slot provided in the rod. The flanges 23 furnish a still firmer connection with the rod as one of the flanges engages the top edge thereof, while the other flange engages the bottom edge.

It is evident that only one of the slots 11 need be of any great length as the slot taking the bracket 12 need only be long enough to accommodate the bracket, or about equal to the length of the foot 19, while, in order to obtain adjustment for the shade roller, the bracket 14 engaging in the longer slot 11, may be pushed in or out along the rod until the right position has been found. The

rod 10 may be secured on the window frame by means of screws, nails, or hooks, as found most suitable. In the modification of the device illustrated in Figures 4: and 5, the rod 25 need not be slotted, but is preferably of rectangie lar cross section. In this case, the left and right hand brackets only differ by providing a round opening 26 in the one, and a rectangular notch 37 in the other, the remain der of the construction of the brackets being identical. As best seen in Figure 5, the bracket is provided with an ear 2? carrying the front opening 26 centrally and having a flat foot 28 extending at right angles from the ear 2? as before. Gne end of the foot is bent at rightangles to form a wall 29 which, in turn, is bent back to provide a guide 80 terminating with a flange 31. In this manner, a lJ-shaped space 32 is formed between the foot 28 and the guide 30, opening to one side, as at 33, making the guide 30 slightly flexible with relation to the foot 28. The space 2-32 has a height and Width approximately corresponding to the thickness and width of the rod 25, so that when the bracket is slipped over the end of the rod, the latter will be held tightly between the foot engaging the front side, and the guide 30 engaging its rear side, while the wall 29 Will rest on the top edge, and the flange 31 engaging its bottom edge.

With the rod made a suiiicient length, the right hand bracl-tet, as seen in Figure 4:, may be slid in and out on the rod to position it correctly for receiving the flat trunnion of the shade roller, While the round trunnion thereof engages in the left hand bracket in this figure.

It is evident that the shape of the rod is not restricted to rectangular cross section, but that the rod may be square, round, oval, or any other cross section, the shape of the brackets being made accordingly.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A bracketadapted to be mounted upon a rod formed with a longitudinally extending slot leading from one end intermediate its width, said bracket including a foot adapted to fit against the forward face of said rod and formed with a longitudinally extending slot to register with the slot of said rod, a backing plate adapted to fit against -t 1e rear face of said rod for the full width thereof and having flanges at its sides to engage opposite edge faces of the rod, and a longitudinally extending rib extending from said backing plate intermediate said flanges and extending through and secured in the slot of said foot, said rib adapted to be slidably received in the slot of said rod.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOSEPH S. BEENECK. [1 s] 

